Fence-post



A. C. HARRISON.

FENCE POST.

.N0. 420,537.- Patented Feb. 4, 1890l UNITED STATES- PAT'ENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM C. HARRISON, OF GRAND RAPIDS, OHI.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,537, dated February4, 1890.

Application fded May 31, 1889. Serial No. 312,729. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ABRAHAM C. HARRISON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, inthe county of Wood and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Fence-Post, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in fence-posts; and it consists incertain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fence-post. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal seotion on the line no @o of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a verticalSection on line y y ofFig. 1.

In carrying out my invention I employ a base A, which may be made of anysuitable earthenware or plastic material, preferably cem ent or tile,and of any desired shape. The said base is hollow, and is provided withan internal integral vertical partition B, which is provided with theribs C on its sides at its edges, so as to possess the maximum strength.The upper end of the base is cut away, as shown at D, so as to provideJthe recesses E to facilitate the insertion of the securingbolts. Thefence-rails F are secured between vertical parallel standards G, and thesaid standards have their lower ends inserted into the base onoppositesides of the central partition and fit between the ribs on the saidpartition. The securing-bolt H is inserted through the lower ends of thestandards and the upper end of the partition. Y

My post is very simple in its construction and iS very durable. The baseSurrounds'the lower ends of the standards, and thereby protects themagainst rotting.A By cutting away the upper end of the base, as shownand described, I provide recesses, so that the securing-bolt can beeasily driven through the standards and the internal partition of thebase, and by providing the said partition with the vertical ribs thestandards are firmly braced and prevented from twisting.

The advantages of my improved post are thought to be obvious from theforegoing description, and further reference thereto is deemedunnecessary.

"Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A base for fence-posts, consisting of a hollow body provided with aninternal verti-A cal partition having ribs on its sidesV at its edges,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the base consisting of a hollow body having itsupper end cut away and provided with the internal vertical partition,the standards having their lower ends secured to the opposite sides ofsaid vertical partition, and the rails secured between the standards.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy sign ature in presence of two witnesses.

ABRAHAM VitneSses:

G. W. EMERSON, JAMES M. REYMER.

O. HARRISON.

